[OOC] Wolf Manor

[AuntFlavia]

Being my usual helpful self, I could go either way and have no opinion.

[Jig]

I also don't mind skipping a few days here and there, though perhaps for those days everyone could write a sort of log of activities done or whatever, so that it doesn't feel like there are black holes in people's lives, but nobody has to write extensive posts describing those things.

@Callthecops

I was thinking of something similar myself. It seems like a fairly popular idea, so it's probably what we'll go for.

Meanwhile, my lack of pro-activity ensues. I can't promise that it'll end particularly soon, but I'll keep in touch and youse abreast.

[Jig]

Prepare for a bumper OoC post, ladies and gentlemen: please stick with it till the end, because it's mostly important stuff. Skip the tragic hider if you only have time (or patience) for the headline news.

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"My God, what have I done?"



"Fortunately, Doc, the process is reversible."

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Good news, at last

Jig has eaten.

Click for First-World Problems

Your beloved GM had a minor and spectacularly irrational existential crisis at the start of the weekend.

Sequence of events:

• Thursday night: Jig stays up to watch UK Election and do some last-minute revision before Friday's exam
• Very early Friday morning: Jig is engrossed by election and is still revising, forgoes going to sleep
• Friday morning: Jig eats a sandwich and goes to the exam
• Friday afternoon: Jig has not done very well in the exam [/understatement]. The election is a car-crash for Jig's politics and national identity. Jig's body enters its 'siege mentality', which refuses food, as usual when Jig gets stressed. Jig hits the bottle (hard).
• Friday evening: Jig has not eaten and is very drunk. Jig has been awake nearly 48 hours (Jonas has nothing on me). Jig passes out, safely, at home. Flatmates are concerned that Jig has the door wide open while asleep; something that is extremely out of character.
• Saturday morning: Jig wakes up quite confused: somewhat blacked-out from the night before.
• Saturday afternoon: Jig wakes up again, and bravely decides to give the day another chance. Things have moved, evidently by drunken Friday Jig, to sober Saturday Jig's surprise and confusion.
• Saturday evening: Jig gets the shakes quite badly (tiredness and hunger, not alcohol) and realises that working in a busy London pub while trembling and in the kind of mood that gets innocent people a punch in the chops is sub-optimal. Jig gets cover for the shift. Jig retreats from kitchen to bedroom because the sight of flatmates eating is not helpful.
• Saturday night: Jig's flatmate's mental girlfriend proves her worth when Jig apologises for particularly frank responses to questions she hadn't asked and explains, "I kind of know the feeling. Everybody's different, but sometimes I can't eat either. The only thing I can stomach sometimes is fish fingers*," - boom. Eureka. The shops are shut, but Jig has had somebody mention a foodstuff that didn't incur a reaction of violent disgust, and, on Sunday, food seems feasible.
• 4AM Sunday: Jig is still awake, and has realised that Jig's other flatmate has a huge bag of pollock (cheap fish, like a shit version of cod) for frying when high. Jig eats a small fillet of fish.
• Almost immediately after: Jig is torn between pain in his confused stomach and the creeping feeling of resembling a human slightly more than the shambling corpse the poor flatmates have had shivering, sweating, and swearing about the place all weekend.

I'm not quite there, but I'm getting there. It's a bit first-world problems-y, but I deal with stress, anger and sadness like an absolute champion most of the time, so when I fall off the happy-wagon, there's always a bit of a thump.

In light of these culinary developments, the Defcom 'Jig will kill you' has been reduced from 'A' for Angry to 'I' for Irritated. This by no means I won't be getting the kitchen knives on innocent bystanders that look at me funny, but it does mean that, if I do, I might use fewer knives.

* just in case fish fingers is like a British-only thing and you're confused, it's basically the chicken nugget of the fish world: breaded, processed meat - fingers because they're long, not an anatomical anomaly we've bred for our consumption.

So, apart from the UK having fucked itself right up the scoop, I'm back on this with a bit more energy now.

With a place-holder from Cops up, the general chronology can continue, which is great news for those of you that have stuff lined up. This might not be such excellent news for those of you with no plot-points to play with or who have already played with your plot-points and are kind of flying blind. I got a bit distracted by cementing a plot-point whose name I won't speak for the sake of not giving it away for anybody that doesn't feel as though I've been clobbering you over the head with it with all the subtlety of a freight train on heat and can't totally see where this particular bit is going. By the time the night is through and all the tired little drunks have gone to bed, it should be pretty obvious what has happened (to the players, at least). Though I won't confirm or deny anything, I invite rampant speculation in the OoC (as a general principle), not least because it gets youse to meta-game and try to predict where this is going: either you'll make the resolution much easier, or much more of a twist - and either one is a good result. :P

To those of you that haven't had too much to do in this section: that's a straight-up mistake on my part, because I was focussing only on the plot and not on the game more widely. I promise that those of you who haven't had too much to do so far will definitely get stuff soon.

It looks as though we've largely decided as a group how we're going to tackle Day Two, though @TheMaster99 and @Kirah haven't weighed in on the topic: if youse have any particularly strong feelings on the topic, I recommend you voice them fairly soon. Assuming you don't come back with any earth-shatteringly good alternative arrangements, the plan will be for each of you that wants to (though you don't have to), to write a sort of 'log' of the day's events. For this log, I have a couple of suggestions that aren't compulsory in any way:

• Talk to me about what you're doing. Many rooms are as-of-yet unestablished, and, therefore, presumably, unexplored. I have further room deets to impart to you from my generous and bounteous soul - in return for insight that will give me the chance to be dropping further tiny plot-gobbets if I feel they're applicable to you.
• Think about similar 'day of rest' sections from novels. They're rarely only description: they frequently have very brief conversations in them. Just because you're writing a sort of 'contained' piece doesn't mean you have to do it solo. If your character wants to stay in their room all day and not talk to anybody, that's cool, but I doubt all of them will. Talk to each other, as players, and, if they will, as characters. Collusion is encouraged. The Wolfs will, as in the ball, be unavailable as a default, but with exceptions made without question.
• Perhaps get to know one another. We all know the nightmare that is getting convincing relationships in RPs, but, even if it hasn't been established directly IC, these are people that have been shipped across the world together to a house of German-speaking Germans, including moments entirely alone in waiting rooms and limousines: if you want to assume that at least some of your characters have bonded with or taken offence from others, even if it hasn't been explicitly noted in the IC, please do. See above about talking to each other as players.
• Take your time over it. It doesn't have to be a novel in length and you don't have to do it if you don't want, but there's lots of things to think about with all of the above, including talking to each other as players, so don't just rush into it in order to get on with the next section. If any of you are struggling for time as the others' posts are coming in, as usual, just let me know and I can take the spotlight off you for a bit. Never have posts been so suited for placeholders as these. ;)

Right. So. It's been an exciting post for an OoC section. Human tragedy, human triumph, plot developments, plot mistakes, and the dream of a brighter, murdery-er tomorrow. I hope you're still with me on this.

Given that I've not been hugely excellent in this section on the 'giving people stuff to do' side of things, could you all please give me an indication on how 'done' you are with this section? This includes those of you that I know perfectly well aren't done. :P

[Kirah]

I'm glad things are a bit better for you Jig, please eat, food is important.

Perhaps get to know one another. We all know the nightmare that is getting convincing relationships in RPs, but, even if it hasn't been established directly IC, these are people that have been shipped across the world together to a house of German-speaking Germans, including moments entirely alone in waiting rooms and limousines: if you want to assume that at least some of your characters have bonded with or taken offence from others, even if it hasn't been explicitly noted in the IC, please do. See above about talking to each other as players.

Take your time over it. It doesn't have to be a novel in length and you don't have to do it if you don't want, but there's lots of things to think about with all of the above, including talking to each other as players, so don't just rush into it in order to get on with the next section. If any of you are struggling for time as the others' posts are coming in, as usual, just let me know and I can take the spotlight off you for a bit. Never have posts been so suited for placeholders as these. ;)

@Jig

Kim is all for chatting with people. She's frie

Given that I've not been hugely excellent in this section on the 'giving people stuff to do' side of things, could you all please give me an indication on how 'done' you are with this section? This includes those of you that I know perfectly well aren't done. :P

@Jig

Well unless someone knocks on Kim's door I'm done.

[MyCatGinger]

So, about the cha-

Haha. No, I didn't come purely for the headlines.
Jig. :( Poor, sweet baby. I'm glad you're doing better, too.
And I'm really grateful you dropped in to help so much on the question I'd posted in the RP Discussion section.
Like Kirah said, do eat. We have fish fingers here too and they're delicious! Fried fish in general is.
You have a favourite food?
Keep battling off the stress, and I know the elections went super badly, but I don't know anything about them and I'm only gauging from reactions of all the British friends I have.
We love you, Jig.

I love you enough to not make a pun out of your name this time, too! Rest assured it will continue as soon as you're all better.

As for how done Lynn is, I dunno. Her post feels a little half hearted, so maybe I'll just have her interact with the guests? Jonas, Marci and Kirah have so I might as well follow suit. I realise Cops and Luke are busy, and I don't want to rush either. ^^
Your suggestions, boss? Shall we collab sometime? You're going to have to help me make up an eager German person...

DON'T WORRY, I FOR THE LOVE OF ME WILL NOT TRY TACKLING GERMAN ON MY OWN.

Pretty done too then, I guess? :)

[Jig]

Culinary Drama Natter

Thanks for the well-wishes.

I'm glad things are a bit better for you Jig, please eat, food is important.

@Kirah

Yes, mom. :P
Jfc if I told my actual mum.

You have a favourite food?

@MyCatGinger

I did. It was risotto, and we had such a wonderful journey through life together.

Even now, the thought of food is still pretty rancid, like when you gorge really excessively on junky, fatty food and just thinking about eating makes you want to vomit. I basically feel how this looks, as opposed to earlier, where the thought of eating just wasn't really feasible, if that makes sense. Basically, I think every time I fall off the happy wagon, I become a little bit pregnant.

As for how done Lynn is, I dunno. Her post feels a little half hearted, so maybe I'll just have her interact with the guests? Jonas, Marci and Kirah have so I might as well follow suit. I realise Cops and Luke are busy, and I don't want to rush either. ^^

Cops has already put up a placeholder, so anything can go there at any point, really. The master spent an hour playing an aeroplane simulation game yesterday, from what I gather, so I wouldn't be too concerned about his schedule! The others have interacted with the guests, yes, which has established the guests' interest in the cast, which is kinda what I wanted to get across, and now that it's established, you shouldn't feel like you have to establish it in any great detail as well. :)

Your suggestions, boss? Shall we collab sometime? You're going to have to help me make up an eager German person...

DON'T WORRY, I FOR THE LOVE OF ME WILL NOT TRY TACKLING GERMAN ON MY OWN.

Pretty done too then, I guess? :)

It's really up to you. Whatever you do, don't put up a post for the sake of not being 'done'. If you or Lynn feel done with this section, then I'd say you're probably done. The Wolfs are vaguely in play, but we would have to pay due attention to time-stamps (and to Cops' post) if you are so inclined - obviously the guests are entirely malleable. Currently Michael, Félix, Klara and Gertrud are the most accessible, though I could probably find wiggle-room for the others.

Well unless someone knocks on Kim's door I'm done.

@Kirah

Reasonable. The question is, are you done because you want to be, or done because Kim is? Direct answer pls. That way, I can either guide this toward writing Kim in or out for the rest of this section. It's very believable that the Wolfs would check up on her, but they wouldn't if another cast member got there first.

The four main scenarios are:

• Kirah is done: Kim stays in her room and probably mentions a brief conversation with a Wolf/Cast member in which it is clear she's not coming out in the 'log post' (or a reason why she didn't hear them!)
• Kirah is done: Kirah does not write a 'log post' and we just assume that the tiny detail kinda happened, but wasn't exactly of crucial importance and so we let it slide
• Kirah is not done: cast member/s hear/s she's missing and go/es to check on her. I'm not gonna rule anybody in or out for this but I do know who I think would be best-suited to the job, both in and out of character
• Kirah is not done: cast members are disinclined/players are not in a position to check on her - I send a Wolf of my choosing. >:D

I frequently mentioned the possibility of cast members just doing a no-show to the ball altogether, but, obviously, they have to be there because the Wolfs don't just drag people across the world to have them not come to their big party, so they would have sent somebody to try to talk them round had any of you followed that path. It's therefore reasonable that they would send somebody to try to talk her round or notice that a cast member had checked on her (and therefore not bothered doing it themselves).

[AuntFlavia]

Whew, hokay, first of all: Good job surviving @Jig, I'm proud of yah.

Second-of-ly: My doneness kinda depends on a few things. We dropped Jonas off in the lounge, and @MyCatGinger and I had intended to do a collab there (which isn't written yet :x), but the scene could easily be done in the second day log, or we could have another player character step in instead of Lynn to witness his extreme misery, or it could be skipped entirely. This is totally up to you, @MyCatGinger. Whatever you want to do with that scene, I shall accommodate.

[MyCatGinger]

@Auntflavia

I was thinking you didn't want to do it anymore for some reason o.o I've got space open at the bottom of Lynn's for a reason, girl!
Besides. I actually have time now, bahahaha.

Shall we do the collab and then end both our evenings there?

EDIT: So this is presuming Jonas hasn't locked the door behind him and Lynn just stumbled out in a haze because eventually she got spooked by all these people in this foreign place and the attention got to her or something?

[AuntFlavia]

@Auntflavia

I was thinking you didn't want to do it anymore for some reason o.o I've got space open at the bottom of Lynn's for a reason, girl!
Besides. I actually have time now, bahahaha.

Shall we do the collab and then end both our evenings there?

EDIT: So this is presuming Jonas hasn't locked the door behind him and Lynn just stumbled out in a haze because eventually she got spooked by all these people in this foreign place and the attention got to her or something?

@MyCatGinger

Hrk, my bad. I totally wanted to do it, must have slipped my mind or something. Ending both our evenings there sound perfect to me, do you have time right now? I've got a few hours before Mommy's Day brunch time.

[MyCatGinger]

Yeah, leggo. :)

[AuntFlavia]

So, Cat and I have reasoned that our cast of characters have equivalent Winnie the Pooh characters.

[Kirah]

I am not done. Kim is done with the ball, but I am all for her having more interaction tonight.

[Jig]

So, Cat and I have reasoned that our cast of characters have equivalent Winnie the Pooh characters.

@AuntFlavia

Tell me more.

[MyCatGinger]

Since I probably thought if it hystericalLy...



So far, we have:

Sad adorable lovable Jonas is Eeyore.
Socially anxious (you'll see) and helpful Evelynn is Piglet.
Graying old wise guy Graven is the Owl.
Super sparky full of life Marceline is Tigger.
Jigzagoon, you're probably Rabbit...c:
Compassionate Kim is either kanga or even Pooh
And Master is totally Roo. Like totes totes.

[Jig]

Jigzagoon, you're probably Rabbit...c:

@MyCatGinger

Zigzagoon is my favourite Pokemon, tied only with Hoppip. Kinda want to change my username now.

Would Sol not be Tigger?

[MyCatGinger]

@Jig

Sol would probably be Tigger on serious speed.
I only meant the houseguests for the moment though.
I could probably make everyone in this damned RP into a Pokémon if I tried.

Jigzagoon! Zigzagoon are so cute!
My favourite Pokémon happens to be Absol.
That edginess. Unf.

[Kirah]

Ditto is my favorite Pokemon.

[Jig]

I ran Omega Ruby with the loveliest team: Altaria, Wigglytuff, Gorebyss, Milotic, Chimecho, and Ziggy himself. It wasn't quite as pleasing as my unintentionally villainous Nuzlocke run through Y, which became Haxorus, Krookodile, Tyrantrum, Malamar, Tentacruel, and Furfrou. I was basically Gen VI Giovanni.

I kinda never liked Absol, but then there were lots of emo kids in my hometown, so I guess the similarity was unappreciated.

[AuntFlavia]

I'm a Mawile fan, myself. Pure steel type, kids.

[Kirah]

Officially longest Collab ever.... (that i have done)

I need to edit it, but first I need to finish rental applications.